Chapter 153: Concealing Identity
Out of the bull market, Shen Lan drove the carriage to the direction of Aunt Yun's house, Shen Lan planned to go to Aunt Yun first, mainly to see Shen Hailing, Shen Lian's lost Shen family did not let Shen Hailing know, so these days, Shen Hailing has been studying at the Wang family with peace of mind, and has never gone home.
Since she was going to Aunt Yun's house, she naturally couldn't go empty-handed, Shen Lan knew that living things and fruits and vegetables were precious things at this time, so she took a few chickens and ducks and two big live fish from the space, and took out a few baskets of onions, radishes, potatoes and Chinese cabbage, these things are not easy to buy now, and it is not rude for Shen Lan to bring them to the door.
The carriage rushed to the door of the Wang family, Shen Lan shouted, and the Wang family's cousin Qian Shi walked out of the house, opened the courtyard door and saw that it was Shen Lan who drove the carriage, and immediately greeted happily: "Why is my cousin free to come, is the business of your restaurant good?" ”
When Shen Lan's Shiwei Xuan opened, although Aunt Yun and cousin-in-law Qian did not attend, cousin Wang Yunhuan still went to give gifts, so the Wang family knew about Shen Lan's opening of a restaurant, and then Qian asked questions.
"Thank you for your concern, business is okay." Shen Lan took the reins of the horse and pulled the horse towards the courtyard.
"By the way, why did you come to the county alone? The road is safe, and now the investigation in the county seat can be strict, and the county magistrate is afraid that those homeless people will mix in and bring trouble to the county. Qian helped Shen Lan drive the carriage into the courtyard, and when the carriage came in, he ran to close the courtyard door, but now it is different from the past, there are only a few women in the family, and if they don't close the courtyard door, they are afraid of provoking thieves.
Here, Shen Lan parked the carriage before replying: "The road is quite peaceful, Ah Fu and Lao Guo Tou have been sent by me to find my third sister, Yan Niang has to take care of Wei Niang and Shi at home, so I can come out." ”
Hearing this, Qian couldn't help but ask worriedly, "There is no news of Lianniang yet?" ”
Shen Lan nodded, and went to open the carriage door, ready to take down the things on the car, the Qian family on the side saw it, and hurriedly went to help, only to see that there were chickens, ducks and some seasonal vegetables in the car, and suddenly said in surprise: "Lan Niang, what are you doing here?" How do you bring so many things? ”
"I think the New Year is approaching, so I want to bring some New Year's goods to my aunt early, and now the New Year is not good, although these things are not expensive, but now they are not easy to buy, so I want to bring some to you." Shen Lan explained with a smile, this thing Shen Lan instructed Lao Guo Tou to put it in the space for a day or two, and it didn't look so fresh before taking it out, otherwise it would be troublesome to be questioned.
"Lan Niang, you are too polite, don't you know, these vegetables are very expensive now, and sometimes you can't buy them with money, you are good, you have dragged on so much, how long do you have to eat this." Qian sighed, and naturally he was grateful to Shen Lan in his heart.
Shen Lan smiled and said: "Don't forget, sister-in-law, what am I doing now, naturally there is a way to get some fresh vegetables, and besides, our family Hailing has been bothering my sister-in-law to take care of it." ”
"Hailing is a seedling of reading, your cousin said that as long as you study hard, you will be able to take the children's exam in a year or two." Qian helped Shen Lan take the basket out of the car, and generally said, naturally this is not her own nonsense, but Wang Yunhuan really said that Shen Hailing was enlightened late, but he is indeed a good student, and he is much smarter than many students who entered school earlier than him.
When Shen Lan heard the news, she felt a little proud in her heart, her younger brother read well, that was a good thing.
The two cooperated to move the things off the carriage, and then carried the vegetable basket and chickens, ducks and fish into the house respectively, but they didn't see Aunt Yun come out for a long time, so Shen Lan couldn't help asking, "Cousin-in-law, why didn't you see your aunt and two nieces?" ”
After putting the basket away, Qian replied: "My mother went to the temple to burn incense, and by the way, she also brought the two children there, saying that she prayed for God's blessing, and the wind and rain will be smooth in the coming year, not like so many twists and turns this year." ”
Aunt Yun believes in Buddhism, and Shen Lan knows, so when she heard Qian say this, she didn't ask again, but just nodded in agreement, but asked why she didn't go, but she didn't expect Qian to show a shy smile, and then said very embarrassedly: "I have a body, I can't go to the temple." ”
"Huh?" Shen Lan was taken aback, and immediately exclaimed: "Why didn't my cousin-in-law say it earlier, I also asked you to carry such a heavy thing, do you feel uncomfortable?" ”
Shen Lan asked a little nervously, she had heard someone say that a pregnant woman could not lift heavy objects, but just now the Qian family also helped her carry potatoes and catch chickens and ducks, so it won't affect it.
Qian glanced at Shen Lan before he said angrily: "Where is it so expensive, you haven't been a mother yourself, and you're still making a fuss." ”
Shen Lan was a little embarrassed to be said, so she smiled shyly, clapped her hands again, and said, "I forgot to congratulate my cousin-in-law, Lan Niang wishes my cousin-in-law a happy son." ”
Hearing this, Qian laughed, but he still said: "Congratulations, but it's only been more than two months, who knows if it's a kid." ”
Although she said so, but in her heart, the Qian family was eager to have a son, and Shen Lan also understood at the moment, but she was afraid that Aunt Yun would not only ask for rain in the coming year, but also begging for a son.
Qian knew that Shen Lan had never had lunch, so he started to cook for Shen Lan, and Shen Lan helped to light the fire, and the two of them got along well for a while, Shen Lan asked Qian if he knew someone who would meet each other, and Qian did not shirk it, saying that he had heard of it, and then took Shen Lan to find that person after lunch, and Shen Lan agreed.
When cooking, Shen Lan and Qian mentioned when chatting that the county magistrate asked the rich families in the county to donate money to help the homeless, but no one responded.
At first, Shen Lan just listened, but when she heard it, she had an idea, and suddenly had an idea in her mind, since she wanted to do good deeds and didn't want to leave a name, why not donate the grain and grass directly to the government and let the government come forward to deal with this matter? And in this way, it is more convenient and safer for the government to come forward than for her to come forward herself, why didn't she think of it before?
It's just that this matter still needs to be considered in the long run, so even if she has this idea in her heart, she can't show her feet at this time, so Shen Lan listened to Qian's words quietly, not to respond a few words, and when the meal was cooked, my aunt and sister-in-law had lunch together, and Qian locked the courtyard door and took Shen Lan to find the people who were going to be cows and horses.
The person who was good at dealing with cattle and horses originally lived not far from Wang's house, and as soon as he heard the reason why Qian came to the door, the man immediately followed Shen Lan's sister-in-law to the bull market, and went to Wangya's house, and then took the mule, saying that it was just two years old, and it was a good foot strength, so Shen Lan asked the price, and the king tooth man opened his mouth twelve taels, but Shen Lan also bought the mule in eight taels, when Shen Lan rewarded the person who looked like cattle and horses with a penny of silver, and the matter was over.
After buying the mule, Shen Lan sent the Qian family home, and then used the excuse to go back before the city gate was closed, and the Qian family also knew that Shen Lan had children at home, so he didn't keep Shen Lan, but just told Shen Lan about Shen Hailing's fake days, and let people come to the county to pick up Shen Hailing when the time came, because the world was not peaceful, so he didn't dare to let Shen Hailing go home alone, so Shen Lan informed the family that someone would come to pick up Shen Hailing when the time came.
Leaving Wang's house, Shen Lan did not go out of the city, but entered the space, and then discussed with Lao Guotou, and then came out with the appearance of the previous son, and brought Shen Gui out to pretend to be a small servant, the master and servant went to the inn in the county to rent a courtyard, and declared that it was a businessman, Shen Lan lived in the county seat on the first night, and then spent money to send someone to Yuan Jiaji to report to Yan Niang, saying that she was going to live in the county for a few days, so that she didn't have to worry about it at home. Radish and cabbage can last for some time.
In the following days, Shen Lan began to arrange, called Guo Bo out of the space again, and then asked him to help with identity documents and road guides, and then bought another batch of children from the homeless, and hired a teaching gentleman to teach those children to read and write in the space, in addition to teaching people to read and write, he also found a martial artist to teach these children boxing and kicking, and the children who were sent in at the beginning had grown up, so they began to follow Shen Lan to do things, and the remaining children stayed in the space to receive education.
On the one hand, she took the initiative to accept some literati students, pretending to admire these students very much, and then said that she had a huge amount of money, hoping to be able to contact the county lord, and then she was willing to donate a large amount of food to solve the urgent needs of the county magistrate, so she was regarded as a guest by the county magistrate, and became Jia Xiangyu, a great benevolent person praised by everyone in Jixian County.
On the other hand, she sent more than ten young men and women in their twenties to Fucheng to rent a big boat, and arrived in Jixian County empty-handed, and then she secretly got on the boat herself, loaded the boat with a boatload of wheat, corn, sorghum and soybeans and other things, and brought the county commander to come the next day, bluntly said that she would donate the grain of this boat to the relief of the displaced people, and made a handover with the county magistrate on the spot, which can be said to have set a very clever example for the county magistrate of Jixian County, and the county magistrate also welcomed her to stay in Jixian County for development.
Those people sent by Shen Lan not only brought back an empty boat, but also brought back a lot of wealth to Shen Lan, because Shen Lan got a lot of mussels from the crocodile swamp before they left, and then picked out all the pearls in the mussels, and screened out the pearls the size of lotus seed rice, of course, as long as the pearls below the lotus seed rice were in good condition, they were also screened out by Shen Lan, and then everyone carried a bag and asked them to take it to Fucheng to find a way to sell it. R1152